Cavemen freshmen whack Wildcats 42-12

CARLSBAD >> The Cavemen freshmen capped off a perfect 8-0 season with a 42-12 victory over the Clovis Wildcats on Thursday night.

The scoring got rolling in the first quarter with a 24-yard run by Dominic Rodriguez, who broke several tackles, including one that almost dragged him to the ground. Rodriguez was able to keep his knees from touching the ground before springing back up and crossing the goal line.

The 6-0 lead was carried into the second quarter before Jonah Leyva scrambled to his left to end a long drive with a five-yard touchdown run, giving Carlsbad a 12-0 lead.

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Carlsbad's Waylon Mendoza catches the ball for a two point conversion in the Cavemen's 42-12 victory over the Clovis Wildcats.

Less than a minute later the Cavemen struck again on a Leyva scramble, but this time from 33 yards out. Carlsbad converted its first two-point conversion on the day when Leyva found Waylon Menoza in the corner end zone for a 20-0 advantage.

The rush of scoring continued but this time with Clovis' Taitt Kucht hitting Lane Kelly on a 31-yard pass to cut the Cavemen's lead to 20-6.

The final score of the half belonged to Carlsbad as they took a Colton Monano fumble recovery and turned it into eight points after Leyva launched an arcing touchdown pass to Jesus Ornelas. Leyva added a two-point conversion for a 28-6 lead.

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Carlsbad scored twice thanks to Rodriguez as he posted runs of 70 yards and two yards to give the Cavemen a 40-point victory, as Clovis only scored once more.

The game played out like many Cavemen games this season as they almost hit their average score of 44 points while allowing eight.

Coach Jeff Keller said this was the best performance in those two categories since he joined the staff five years ago.

The Cavemen freshmen B squad was 2-0 on the season, making the two teams a combined 10-0 on the year.

JV FOOTBALL

The JV struggled against the Hobbs Eagles, as the Cavemen fell 53-26 on Thursday night.

"We just couldn't cover them, plain and simple. We have to get them in situations where we can get off the field," Carlsbad coach Ken Burke said.

Patrick Carlton had two touchdowns while Jared Montanez snuck in a touchdown from the one yard line. Josh Miller had a touchdown grab on a bobbling circus catch by Daniel Miller.

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Carlsbad's Dominic Rodriguez breaks a tackle fighting his way to the goal line against the Clovis Wildcats.

"We won six games this season, and a lot of these guys hadn't had much success up to this point, A winning season is a success. Hopefully they keep taking those steps and improving drastically like they have." Carlsbad coach Drew Robinson said.

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